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Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge

Level Evil · 2019-02-26

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 23, 2019 (Xbox One), Feb 26, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 27, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 23, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

Classic platformer in the style of Pixel-art. The main character goes to the world of 8-bit games to save his girlfriend. Help him to find new abilities and find out who is behind the abduction of the girl.

Pixel Devil and the Broken Cartridge is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2019, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (60% of 111 reviews).

0
playing now
60%
positive of 111 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.23★
PlayStation Store rating (96 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (36 reviews).
  • · Top 37% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 111 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620192026Week of 2019-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992019-02-272026-10-112019-02-27 — best price $4.992019-04-15 — best price $3.492019-04-29 — best price $4.992019-06-25 — best price $2.492019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-08-05 — best price $1.992019-08-12 — best price $4.992019-09-30 — best price $2.492019-10-07 — best price $4.992019-10-28 — best price $1.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $1.492019-12-03 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $2.492020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $1.492020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-08-24 — best price $0.992020-08-31 — best price $4.992020-11-26 — best price $1.992020-12-01 — best price $4.992021-05-24 — best price $1.992021-05-31 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $1.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992022-09-03 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $1.492023-03-23 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $4.992026-09-06 — best price $4.992026-09-13 — best price $4.992026-09-20 — best price $4.992026-09-27 — best price $4.992026-10-04 — best price $4.992026-10-11 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
72.8%
earned "Beggar"
27.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Russian, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Player tags

IndieRetroActionAdventurePixel Graphics

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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